Only a Handful of Standing Room-Only Tickets Remain for All-Star!

COMMERCE CITY CO (ColoradoRapids.com) – The Colorado Rapids have announced that seats have sold out for the 2007 Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game on Thursday July 19 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park!

A limited number of standing room-only tickets for the All-Star Game will be released this Monday July 16 at 10:00 a.m.. Standing room-only tickets will be priced at $25 and will be available at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Box Office or by calling the Rapids at 303-825-GOAL (4625).

Standing room-only tickets are of limited availability and are expected to sell out quickly so the Rapids encourage fans to purchase their tickets as soon as possible Monday morning.

Tickets for the All-Star Game went on sale to the public Saturday May 5 2007 at 10:00 a.m. MT.

The match will pit the best in Major League Soccer against Scottish champions and 2007 UEFA Champions League participants Celtic FC at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City Colorado on Thursday July 19 2007 at 7:00 p.m. MT live on ESPN2.

Celtic captured their 41st domestic championship in April and features such high-profile players as Captain Neil Lennon Polish goalkeeper Artur Boruc Scottish defenders Steven Pressley and Stephen McManus Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen and Dutch midfielder Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Celtic has one of the most dedicated and widespread fan bases in all of soccer.

This will be the fourth time that the League’s best players battle one of the world’s top clubs in the Sierra Mist MLS All-Star Game which was adopted to ensure the most competitive All-Star spectacle in U.S. professional sports. The MLS All-Stars have won all three previous meetings outscoring international opponents 8-2. Last year the MLS All-Stars defeated two-time defending Premier League Champions Chelsea FC 1-0 on a goal by Houston Dynamo midfielder Dwayne De Rosario.

In 2005 the MLS All-Stars defeated English Premier League club Fulham FC 4-1 at a sold out Columbus Crew Stadium and in 2003 the MLS All-Stars downed storied Mexican club CD Guadalajara 3-1 at The Home Depot Center with Carlos Ruiz capturing MVP honors.

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